I'm updating a survey I did last year on freely available software
for the numerical solution of linear algebra problems.
Of interest is software for high-performance computers
that's available on the web in source form for solving problems
in numerical linear algebra, specifically dense, sparse direct and
iterative systems and sparse iterative eigenvalue problems.
The current list is at:
http://www.netlib.org/utk/people/JackDongarra/la-sw.html
Please let me know about updates and corrections.
I'll post the updated list in a few weeks.

The NICONET Newsletter informs you about the evolution of the SLICOT library
and other NICONET activities related to CACSD software developments.
SLICOT is a numerical Fortran 77 library, based on LAPACK, for applications
in control and systems theory.

The Newsletter can be accessed at:
http://www.win.tue.nl/wgs/newslet.html

NICONET E-letter 2 has appeared too. This E-letter 2 reports on the
activities of the EU sponsored Thematic Network project NICONET and the
publications in this project during the period October to December 1998.

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
European Research Conference Series on
Advanced Environments and Tools for High Performance Computing

Problem-Solving Environments: Infrastructure and Prototypes
12-17 June 1999
San Feliu de Guixols, Spain

http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/euresco99

Deadlines

To apply to attend the conference: 15 March 1999
To submit a poster presentation: 15 March 1999
To submit a short "young researcher" talk: 15 March 1999
To apply for funding to attend: 15 March 1999

All submissions and applications should be made through the application form
accessible through the conference web site http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/euresco99

Conference Scope

Research into problem-solving environments (PSEs) is an active and expanding
field, with the potential for a wide impact on high performance computing.
PSEs provide software tools and expert assistance to the user, and serve as an
easy-to-use interface to high performance computing resources, thereby allowing
the rapid prototyping of ideas, detailed analysis, and higher productivity.
The conference gives a broad interpretation to what is meant by a PSE, but
in general a PSE provides a complete integrated computing environment for
composing, compiling, and running applications in a specific problem area.
A PSE may also incorporate many features of an expert system, and provides
extensive assistance to users in formulating problems, running the problem
on an appropriate computing platform, and viewing and analysing the results.
In addition, a PSE may have access to web-based information resources,
sophisticated job control systems, and visualisation environments. PSEs may
incorporate compute-intensive components, such as the solution of a complex
mathematical model, and/or data-intensive components employed, for example,
in Geographical Information Systems or database applications. Among the
research areas relevant to PSEs are distributed computing, computational
science and engineering, software technologies such as Java, CORBA, and XML,
mobile agents, immersive visualisation environments, computational steering,
knowledge discovery, the remote control of scientific instruments, and
concurrent and collaborative engineering.

PURPOSE and THEMES:
This workshop is the sequel to the series of workshops on Scientific
Computing that were held in Hong Kong in the past few years. It aims to
promote research interest in scientific computation for local mathematicians
and engineers and to foster contacts and exchanges with experts from other
parts of the world. This year the workshop will feature a special session on
modern methods for solving PDEs, including Finite Element/Spectral/Multigrid
Methods, Multi-Scale Approximations, Numerical Optimization and Numerical
Linear Algebra

Objectives
To bring together
-Numerical Analysts,
-Specialists interested in the development, implementation and
application of advanced methods for reliable Mathematical Simulation of
Structural, Mechanical, And Physical Systems, and
-other researchers in Scientific Computations of different backgrounds.
To highlight
-Broad developments and advances in Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and
-Cross disciplinary themes within Mathematics, between Mathematics and
other disciplines [such as Engineering (structural problems in
Engineering)], and between Mathematics and particular industries.

A forum for
-Exchanging ideas,
-Establishing research links between other institutions and the Lebanese
American University (LAU), and
-Exposing latest developments of Mathematical software.

The research interests of the candidate should be in Applied Analysis,
in particular, in the fields of nonlinear partial differential equations
or mathematical modelling/simulation in science and engineering.
Part of the teaching will consist of mathematics courses for students
in civil engineering.

More detailed information about this position can be found at
http://www.uni-essen.de/fb6/

Numerica, Inc. of Fort Collins, Colorado would like to hire a person(s)
(U.S. citizenship required) to work in areas of discrete optimization,
estimation theory, or modeling of physical systems as it relates to data
fusion and surveillance. Experience in object-oriented software design
and implementation in C/C++ is required. Salary commensurate with
experience.

To apply, send a cover letter, vita, and a statement of research interests
and experience to the address below.

Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum fuer Informationstechnik Berlin (ZIB) invites students
who are interested in pursuing a Ph.D. to apply for a fellowship in the
Graduate Fellowship Program "Temperature Dependent Effects for Therapy and
Diagnostics". This program is in close connection to the collaborate
research centre 273 "Hyperthermia in Oncology: Methods and Clinic" at
Humboldt University Berlin (speaker: Prof. Dr. R. Felix). The fellowship
is available for two years with possibility of extension. The taxfree
scholarship is DM 2.690,- per month for qualified students according to
the regulations of the German Research Foundation (DFG).

We expect a high degree of commitment. In return we offer an interesting
field of work, an opportunity for creativity, a highly motivated research
team, excellent machinery equipment and favourable working conditions.

We particularly encourage female applicants, since women are underrepresented
in science and ZIB is engaged in enlarging the quota. Handicapped applicants
will be preferred on terms of equal qualification. Applications with photo,
curriculum vitae in tabular form and customary documents quoting the title
"Graduiertenkolleg -- Scientific Visualization" should be submitted to

Research Positions available at The University of Tennessee in
High-Performance Distributed Computing (3/3/99)

The NetSolve project is expanding and the Innovative Computing
Laboratory of the University of Tennessee is looking for qualified
people who want to participate. NetSolve is a software environment for
high performance network computing that aggregates distributed
computational resources for remote scientific problem solving. We
invite applications from capable students, masters level programmers,
and postdoctoral researchers who want to work and learn in this area.
The candidates selected will help lead collaborative research projects
investigating both NetSolve and other innovative software technologies
and tools for building computational grids and problem solving
environments.

The benefits of the positions available include a competitive salary,
participation in leading research collaborations in the national and
international scientific community, opportunities for publication and
professional development, travel opportunities, and ready access to
state-of-the-art computing facilities, such as supercomputers,
high-performance workstations and laptops, and high-performance
networks.

The position requires experience in the development of parallel and
distributed computing tools, especially in C, C++, Java, and Fortran.
Familiarity with scientific computing, parallel architectures,
networking, and emerging network technologies is also desired.
Responsibilities as a participant in the research team include
designing, prototyping, experimentally testing, maintaining, and
documenting computer systems related to this project.

This project is supported in part by the NSF NPACI, the NSF Alliance,
NSF CRPC, and the DOE2000 activities.

More information can be found at:
http://www.cs.utk.edu/netsolve/
http://icl.cs.utk.edu/

Post-Doctoral Research Position Available at Northeastern University,
Boston MA in Computational Physics and Signal Processing.

Description: As part of a contract from the US Department of Energy
aimed at the development of physics based signal and image processing
methods for environmental remediation, a post-doctoral research
position is available at Northeastern University in Boston, MA
combining elements of computational physics and signal/image
processing. In particular, we are interested in characterizing and
tracking the structure over time of contaminant plumes based on
cross-well, bore-hole radar data. The initial phase of the work will
be directed toward the refinement of an existing 3D vector
electromagnetic scattering code used to describe the propagation of
energy through the earth, the interaction of the energy with the
plumes, and the process of measuring the resulting scattered
fields. The second portion of the research will center on the
development of data inversion algorithms based on these models. We
are currently considering a variety of methods for approaching these
problems including 1. A traditional inverse scattering formulation in
which a full 3D reconstruction of the electrical properties of the
medium is produced. Essentially this approach requires the solution
of a high dimensional non-linear inverse problem. 2. Methods based on
array or match field processing techniques for which the processing
objective is the determination of the location of an object of
partially known shape and composition. 3. Active contour/active
surface techniques which are specifically tailored to the
determination of the shape of an unknown perturbation in the medium.
Implementation of these methods in a recursive, Kalman filtering-type
framework to perform plume tracking is also of interest.

Requirements: A Ph.D. and strong analytical skills in a field relevant
to the above described work (eg. Electrical Engineering, Mathematics,
Physics, etc.) with experience in at least a subset of the following
areas:

The candidate will be expected to carry out research in an independent
manner and if interested aid in the supervision of Master's and
Doctoral level graduate students. Strong oral and written English
skills are a must. Funding is available for up to 1 year and we are
looking for someone to start as soon as possible.